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1,500 bodies of Hamas members found in Israel: army

Shawdesh Desk: Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas members have been found in Israel around the Gaza Strip, the army said on Tuesday, as it pummelled the Palestinian enclave with air

HC grants bail to Odhikar’s Adilur, Elan

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Tuesday granted interim bails to human rights defender and rights organisation Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and his colleague ASM Nasiruddin Elan. The court

Tokyo wants dignified return of Rohingyas to Myanmar, a top Japanese official tells PM Hasina

Shawdesh Desk: Japan wants dignified return of forcibly displaced Rohingyas, now sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland, Myanmar. Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Masahiro Komura made the statement

PK Halder gets 22-year jail for amassing illegal wealth, money laundering

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka special judge’s court-10 on Sunday sentenced former director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, to 22 years imprisonment

PM asks public servants to reach services to doorsteps of masses

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the public servants to grow a mindset to serve the people, reaching the services to the doorsteps of the masses. ‘You’ll

Death toll from Afghan earthquakes rises to over 2,000

Shawdesh desk: The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again on Sunday to over 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of

Over 400 die in deadly clash between Israeli troops and Hamas

Shawdesh Desk: At least 200 Israelis died in a surprise large-scale attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday, the army said, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to

Security concerns rise as NID card data appears on Telegram

Shawdesh desk: Officials have acknowledged a significant data breach where the personal information of Bangladesh’s smart National Identity Card (NID) holders is now readily available in a channel on Telegram,